Combined bag-holder and truck



No. 6l6,443. Patented Dec. 27, i898. G. ANDERSON.

COMBINED BAG HOLDER AND TRUCK.

(Application filed Inn. 31, 1898.)

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COMBINED BAG-HOLDER AND. TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,443, dated December27, 1898. Application filed January 31, 1898. Serial No. 668,536. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wells, in the county of Faribault and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinedBag-Holder and Truck; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

Myinvcntion has for its principal object to provide an improved bagholder and support having wheels, whereby it is adapted also for use asa truck for conveying the loaded bag from the filling-point to the pointof deposit, this being accomplished without removing the bag from itssupport until the same is finally deposited.

To the ends above noted my invention consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in theclaims.

The preferred form of my invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein like numerals indicate like parts throughout theseveral views.

Figure l is a right side elevation, Fig. 2 is a front elevation, andFig. 3 is a left side elevation, of the bag holder and supportconstructed in accordance with my invention, the same being shown asstood and supported on its base end. Fig. 4 is a View corresponding toFig. 1, but showing a bag held open and supported by the truck and itsbag-holder, some parts of the truck being broken away. Fig. 5 is a rightside elevation showing the truck as used in conveying the filled bagfrom the point'where it was filled to some distant point, and Fig. 6 isa plan view of the truck and bag shown in Fig. 4:.

The body of the support is made up of side boards 1, a front or bottomend board 2, bottom board 3, rear end bar at, and intermediatecross-bars 5. Truck-wheels 6 are rigid on an axle 7, that is mounted inbearing-blocks 8,

. secured to the under side of the bottom board 3. The rear or upper endof one of the side boards 1 is cut away, as shown at 9. The said sideboard 1 is provided with a leaf-spring 10, that is rigidly secured tothe outside of the same at one end and at its free end is provided witha bent or slightly-hooked portion 11. This free end or hooked portion 11of the spring 10 terminates approximately even with the end of the sideboard 1 to which it is secured, is adapted to work to and fro past thecut-away portion 9, and, as will presently appear, is adapted to engagethe bag.

12 indicates a bag, and 13 indicate strings with which the filled bagsmay be tied. As shown, the strings 13 are frictionally held by a springfinger or clamp 1e, secured to the outer side of the left-hand sideboard 1.

In Fig. 5, 15 indicates one hand of a person wheeling the loaded truck.

The points 16, 17, and 18 formed by the rear or upper corners of thetruck side boards 1 cooperate with the end 11 of the spring 10 to holdthe bag with its mouth opened up. To secure the bag with its mouth openby the parts just noted, it is only necessary to turn the edge of itsmouth or open end downward upon itself and to place this downturnedportion first over the corners 16, 17, and 1 8 and then over the end 11of the spring 10. This may, as is obvious, he very easily accomplishedby forcing the spring 10 inward. The spring 10 has sufficient tensionand sufficient movement so that it will properly adjust itself to bagsvarying considerably in size.

As is obvious by reference to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, the end board 2serves as a flat base to hold the support in a vertical position whenset directly on its running end. When thus set, the support, with itsattachments, becomes an efficient bag holder and support. This devicemay of course be readily set un-' der the delivery-spout of athreshing-machine or any other source of grain-supply. Nhen the bag isfilled, its end may be released from the bag-holder and quickly tied bymeans of one of the strings 13, or otherwise secured, and then may beconveyed to the desired point of deposit by means of the truck.

\Vith my improved device bags maybe very rapidly filled and delivered tothe points of deposit, as a great deal of time is saved by not having toplace the bags onto the truck. after they have been filled. The truckwheel attachment does not add materially to the cost of the support.

It will of course be understood that various alterations in the specificdetailsof construetion above set forth may be made without departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows: 1. A bag holder having the three rigid points ofsupport l6, l7 and 18, and the leafspring with its free end arranged tosert'e as the fourth point of support for the bag, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

2. The combination with the support adapted to be set upon one end, oftruck-wheels at the base end of said support, and the bagholder at theother end of said support, in- Volving the three rigid points of support16, 17 and 18, and the leaf-spring secured to the support with its freeend arranged to engage the bag and serve as the fourth point of supporttherefor, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAVE ANDERSON. Witnesses:

LILLIAN 0.. ELMORE, F. D. MERCHANT.

